Major Kurt Dahlmann died on 29-8-17, aged 99.
He was decorated with the Knights Cross (11-6-44) and the Oak Leaves (24-1-45) for successful leading the Fw 190 ground attack unit I./SKG 10, renamed NSGr. 20, against Britain and on the Western Front.
1956 he joined the new Luftwaffe, but 1958 he emigrated to South Africa to work as a journalist.